“We have looked at this again and again and again, and this is the end of this chapter,” Councilor Joshua Shea said. “Perhaps its the end of the movie, but the numbers don’t work. I really really wish they did. I really do. But the sad fact is, since we are representing the taxpayers of […]
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2012 Investigation: Seeking a safer way: Route 4 drivers say deaths, injuries prove changes needed
More than a dozen years after a Maine Department of Transportation study found Route 4 to be a high-speed, high-volume road with crashes more severe than similar rural highways, residents, city officials, lawmakers and transportation experts are pushing to make the Auburn section safer.
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Developer eyes widening scope beyond old Auburn police station
AUBURN — A plan for renovations to the city’s old police station at 1 Minot Ave. should consider the future of the entire Minot Avenue-Court Street corridor, according to developer Joe Casalinova. “There’s a grander vision here, and it’s not about what I want,” he said. “It’s about what the community wants for that area. […]
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Auburn extends deadline for potential police building developer
AUBURN — Councilors on Monday gave a developer interested in taking over the old Auburn police station at 1 Minot Ave. another 30 days to get his business plan together. Auburn Economic Development Assistant Keith McBride said Building Solutions Inc. of Oxford needed more time to settle some questions about how they would use the […]
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Kittyhawk hotel sign of big things for southern Auburn
AUBURN — An 85-room hotel in the southern part of the city that could break ground this summer could just be the first step toward bigger things. Developer Joe Casalinova, president of Oxford-based Building Solutions, said the Best Western Plus planned for Auburn’s Kittyhawk Business Park is part of larger negotiations that have been going […]
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Developer eyes old Auburn PD building
AUBURN — Developer Building Solutions Inc. is looking at the old Police Station at 1 Minot Ave. as a new headquarters and possible office building. The Auburn City Council signed an option agreement with Building Solutions Tuesday night giving the developer 60 days to investigate the site and determine if the plans are feasible. The […]
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Eats: Food quest — Paradise found: The search for the elusive macaron pays off.
“You want a story on a macaroon?” “No, on a macaron.” “That is what I said. Macaroon.” “Not macaROON, but ‘rrrrrrrruuuu..gack gack .uun.’ It’s pronounced mack-ah-rohn.” “Well, why didn’t you say so in the first place. So you want me to go out and find this so-called mack-ah-rohn right here in L-A? All right then.” […]
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Eats: The Bread Shack — Croissants to die for … and we don’t mean the preparation process!
A good croissant is heaven in your hand. But few people have the dedication, time and strength needed to make the type of authentic butter croissants that Dara Reimers — owner of The Bread Shack in Auburn — is known for. Her process takes more than 18 hours — and a whole lot of upper-body […]
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New business park proposed in Auburn
AUBURN – Easy access to the turnpike, an intermodal hub (where trucks and trains load and unload freight), the airport and the waiting-in-the-wings Foreign Trade Zone were incentive enough for the area’s newest commercial park.Plans for Kittyhawk Business Park, a 30-acre triangle off Kittyhawk Drive, are set for a July 8 review by the Planning […]
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Future of Twin Cities marketing the topic Thursday
AUBURN — It’s time to settle any differences the Twin Cities have concerning economic development, according to Lewiston City Council President Mark Cayer. “It’s time to settle this and come up with something,” Cayer said. “We have so much going on, with potential state revenue cuts. Let’s get this taken care of so we can […]